Holston Conference Of The United Methodi

Holston Conference Of The United Methodi, doing business as Early Learning Center, First United Methodist Church, is a tax-exempt nonprofit organization in Johnson City, Tennessee that operates as a sub-recipient of federal child nutrition grants administered through the Tennessee Department of Human Services. The organization receives 100% of its federal awards as sub-awards under Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and Commodity Nutrition Block (CN Block) Meals Reimbursement awards flowing from the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service, with no prime contracting or prime grant activity.

The organization's federal footprint consists entirely of monthly nutrition reimbursement grants supporting child care meal provision. Since October 2025, Holston Conference has received sixteen sub-awards split equally between CACFP CIL (Child and Adult Care Food Program — center, in-home, and afterschool) and CN Block Meals Reimbursement funding, issued monthly by Tennessee Department of Human Services as the pass-through entity. Award frequency accelerated from six sub-awards in 2025 to ten in 2026, reflecting monthly grant cycles rather than discrete procurements. Combined dollar obligation across all sixteen sub-awards is $8 thousand, indicating reimbursement-based funding tied to meals served rather than cost-plus or fixed-price contracting. The organization's only federal customer is the Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service through its Tennessee state intermediary. No parent vehicle, IDV, or competitive procurement mechanism applies; the sub-awards reflect nutrition program eligibility and monthly reimbursement administration rather than competitive contracting.